Can anyone give me some tips on skin materials?
yes 
google is your friend. “skin shading” brought up this link here which is quite famous:
http://www.optidigit.com/stevens/shadetut.html so try to fake this in blender, since its not possible to do it 1:1. but there are several hints to fake a nice skin…
This is an excellent tutorial:
http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/dr_julians_texturing/dr_julians_texturing_01.asp
When I re-make my attempted human, I think I am going to use this technique.
-Laurifer
Nice tutorial, but I don’t have any paint program, so I’d like to do the whole thing in Blender without UV-mapping. Thanks for the link anyway, well keep for future projects.
If you mean using procedurals, then here is a .blend BgDM made:
https://blenderartists.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30410&highlight=procedural+skin
It would be VERY hard to get photorealistic skin from procedurals, but with a lot of effort you may be able to come close.
-Laurifer
Hey, thanks a lot, I’ll use that one untill i get a drawing program.